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Acts 28:5

And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Acts 28:5 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

    ASV

  • But shaking off the beast into the fire, he got no damage.

    BBE

  • *He* however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.

    DBY

  • However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.

    WEB

  • he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,

    YLT

  • And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

    ENG

  • And he shook off the animal into the fire, and felt no harm.

    WBT

  • But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

    BSB

In context

3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

7In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.

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